Battlemage
Battlemages are scholars of the Academy of Raya Lucaria, trained to stop fights with sorcery and force. They carry heavy stone clubs and are among the few academy scholars willing to leave the school during wartime, which is why you find them in so many regions.
You meet them in the Academy Crystal Cave, in Caelid (one near the Church of the Plague), on the Altus Plateau and in Miquella’s Haligtree. A named member of their order, Battlemage Hugues, waits as an evergaol boss.
Drops
Stone Club (4%)
Somber Smithing Stone [1] (1.5%)
Somber Smithing Stone [2] (1.5%)
Somber Smithing Stone [3] (1.5%)
Somber Smithing Stone [4] (1.5%)
Weaknesses
Resistances & immunities
How to beat it
Battlemages mix sorcery with heavy club swings, so do not give them free time at range. Close in, dodge the club, and punish the recovery. They have more health than the usual caster, so expect a proper fight rather than a quick kill.
Lore
Battlemages belong to the Haima Conspectus, the adjudicators of the Academy. They studied sorceries of cannon and gavel to gain the power to end conflict. Whenever war came and the Academy shut its gates, the battlemages of Haima were the only scholars brave enough to go out. Their stone clubs suit their direct approach.